So, I'm going for a clean, low, open look. Here's what I'm thinking right now for the scape...
Basically, I want to lay down 1.5" of Flourite, then place the Lace Rock into a wall formation about 1/3 down the length of the tank, and fill in another 5-6" of Flourite on the short side of the wall to create a plateau'd area. I want to have a short, grassy plant (dwarf sag or micro sword?) on the plateau and a carpet of either m. quad or glosso down below. I'm going to pepper the rock wall with some kind of moss that I haven't decided on yet.

Here's the lace rock...

And a picture of the lace rock positioned in the tank for a rough idea of the wall...

So, I've acquired pretty much everything I need except for the flora + fauna. Anyone have any m. quad/glosso, dwarf sag, or moss they want to sell???

First scape attempt didn't go so well. Didn't rinse the Flourite near enough and had a mudcloud. Plus, didn't like the substrate wall in the front corner, so I decided to angle the rock wall to the back corner.

First attempt:

Second attempt:

Tank, filled, hard-scaped. Marineland Biowheel sounded like a weed-whacker so I returned it for a good 'ol Aquaclear 30. Shoulda never strayed...

Plant plans changed a little, going to mossify the driftwood and hill and rockwall. Carpet of dwarf sag going in the flatlands. Plants should arrive next week

How are you dealing your filter intake? (ie how are you keeping baby shrimp from getting sucked in?) It looks like you have a strainer, but it's too cloudy for me to see :P

Right now I have some of my fiancee's panty hose zip-tied around the intake.

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Originally Posted by kcartwright856

That piece of driftwood would look amazing with a bit of moss. I wish I had some to give you!

Yeah, I have a couple golfball-sized portions of java moss shipping out today. Going to attach them to the end of the driftwood to try and get that "tree" effect. Also got some pebble-sized pieces of lace rock to tie moss to and pepper around the tree base and hill. Have enough dwarf sag to start a 55g shipping today, as well. Cannot wait.

Also, does anyone know any reputable RCS breeders? I was just planning on buying a couple groups of ten from different sellers on aquabid to try and diversify the genetics a little bit...

sorry to hear that. have you tried looking into underground filters? check out mordalphus' setup on the shrimp and inverts thread. I'm also in the process of making a shrimp tank.. from what I've read, shrimps can really benefit with UGF's due to the fact that the substrate is included in the filtration and it acts as a biological filter..

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